Nantucket Snapshots

My camera roll is brimming with photos I’ve snapped from my trips to Nantucket. I have a bunch of outfit posts and a travel guide coming up, but for now… iPhone photos! As much as I love being back in my routine (and trust me, I really love it), I am missing my happy place. I think next year I may have to go for a full month.

Get ready for PHOTO OVERLOAD.

Trip #1 with some of my favorite girls (Gray, Chassity, and Julia) on the planet! So. Much. Fun. I think we all agreed that the time together was too short. (And they’re all doing a hard sell on me moving to Charleston, haha.)

The seals at the beach are cute and fun to watch. I swear, they stare right back at you just as curious as we are. But a word of caution, where there are seals, there’s the potential for sharks.

The cutest shed on the island I think.

My dad used to have a yellow convertible bug! (My aunt currently has it by way of my grandparents.) I loved seeing this one in town.

Watching the fog roll in never gets old.

After a quick time back in Connecticut, I did some laundry, repacked my bags, and gathered the dogs. I have more to say about the journey, but (spoiler alert) they were amazing!

Hi, Brant Point!

A morning walk into town to get coffee from Handlebar Cafe. (Side note, but I have never received so many DMs about an article of clothing. My hoodie is from J. Crew Factory last year. I randomly met a reader who works there at lunch later in the day… she promised to put in a good word with her friends to try to bring it back.)

Just a few moments after the sun set.

Did I mention how much the dogs loved Nantucket? I was worried about bringing them, but I’m so glad that I did.

Our rental had the nicest front yard and side patio for grilling.

The key to getting a good spot on the beach is to go when it’s still foggy. People came out in droves the minute the sun came out! (Towel is from Spartina; I bought mine in Murray’s.)

I could have spent the whole trip walking around ‘Sconset and pretend house hunting.

Carly, forget Charleston! You just said Nantucket was your happy place! Move there!!! I could totally see you living on the island, you have the amazing advantage of working wherever you’d like, and you just mentioned that the dogs loved it. I see an almost perfect opportunity! Charleston is lovely too though 🙂 but always go where you feel most alive.

I have several friends who visit Cape Cod every year and its on my bucket list! I just found a book titled “And This is Cape Cod – A Complete Guide to the Cape” by Eleanor Early. I found it at one of our estate sales (I work for an estate sale company on the North Shore, near Chicago). Its from the homeowner’s summer vacation in 1940. Can’t wait to read it 🙂

The first line in the book reads… If you love the sea-and things that are old- if you love nice little houses and all kinds of flowers, then you should go to Cape Cod.

This looks so cute! I live in TX and have only been to NYC on the east coast. I would love to see Nantucket and Connecticut and Boston. Listening to Vampire Weekend when I was in high school always made me want to move to the east coast, haha.

Looks like you had a great time! Nantucket is slowly moving to the top of my travel wishlist– I can’t get over how the island seems to be just dripping in flowers.
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